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AS161 Microprocessor Board

AS161 Microprocessor Board

The AS161 is a modularly designed electronics board with a 16-bit microprocessor, 2 channel 14-bit AD converter and USB/RS232-interface.

The AS-161 electronics board is a part of the AvaSpec spectrometers, and can control 2 AvaBench spectrometer channels.

Different detector types can be connected to the electronics board interface connector/s, such as TAOS Photo Diode Arrays TSL1301, Hamamatsu C-MOS detectors (for example S8378-256Q, S8378-512Q, S8378-1024Q) and Sony CCD detectors (ILX511, ILX554B).

The board is equipped with an additional sub D15  digital IO connector with 14 programmable IO ports (2 DI, 12 DO). One digital out port is used for controlling the flash rate of an external Xenon strobe (single or multiple flashes per scan), one digital out port is used to control external TTL-shutter devices and for the AS-161-FT-ILX, one digital output is reserved for external control for flashing a laser source in LIBS applications. One digital in is used for external hardware trigger.

The on-board firmware controls the simultaneous data-sampling of the 2 channels - the sampled data is processed through a F(irst) I(n) F(irst) O(ut) interface with possibility of speeding up data transmission time by data reduction, defining a start and stop pixel per channel.

The gain and offset parameters can be adapted per channel as well. The Firmware controls the USB and/or RS-232 interface.

The board can be operated by the extensive AS-161-DLL with many functions to control the electronics board and data sampling parameters (see software section).

Multichannel (3 to 8 channels) capability can be achieved by connecting the master board (AS161M) with backplane connector to 1-3 slave boards (AS161S) with each 2 AD converter channels.

For further information and assistance, please contact us.

 

 

Technical Details

Microprocessor

Infineon, C161RI

Memory

128K EEPROM, 128K RAM, 8bit

A/D Converter

14bit, 2 channels

Integration time

2ms-60sec

Data Transfer speed

Sony ILX511/554B 2048 pixels, 2MHz, 14-31 msec/scan (10-2048 pixels) for 1 channel

Hamamatsu 8378-256Q, 200kHz, 7-9 msec/scan for 1 channel

Taos 1301, 2MHz, 6-7 msec/scan for 1 channel

USB Interface

Version 1.1, 12Mbit

RS-232 Interface

Baudrate 115200bps, DB-9 femail connector

Power Supply

12VDC, reverse polarity protection, 160mA (+12mA per detector)

Temperature Range

0-55°C

Dimensions/Weight

162.5x100mm, 97g

Ordering Information

Part Number

Description

AS161

Microprocessor board with 2 channel 14bit ADC and RS-232/USB interface, please specify detector type (see below)

AS161M

AS161 Master board with RS-232/USB interface and backplane connector, please specify detector type (see below)

AS161S

Slave board with 2 channel 14bit ADC and backplane connector, please specify detector type (see below)

For all boards, please specify detector type

-ILX

For Sony ILX511/554B detectors (AvaSpec-2048)

-FT-ILX

Fast Trigger FPGA for LIBS and fluorescence for Sony ILX554B detectors (AvaSpec-2048FT)

-H8378-256

For Hamamatsu S8378-256 detectors (AvaSpec-256)

-H8378-1024

For Hamamatsu S8378-1024 detectors (AvaSpec-1024)

-TAOS

For Taos 1301 detectors (AvaSpec-128)